| 单词 | correct |
| 例句 | “And I must correct the ones I already sent. But there’s no time for that right now.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z When Locri was destroyed by one of his legates, the Locrians were not avenged by him, nor was the arrogance of that legate corrected, all this arising from his easygoing nature. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z The agreement was so good that both Linus’ model and their theory had to be correct. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z And in fact you would be correct, except that I completely stopped doing homework the day Jeffrey got sick and didn’t start again until I got busted by my teachers much, much later. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “You threw a stapler because you were scared,” Grace corrected him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z If they’re suddenly awoken by a naked man trying to escape, their suspicions are correct. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z So this is the correct sentence: Lou sees what appear to be ghosts. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t correct her, though—her words applied just the same. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The more grammatically correct versions—I'm saying this only once\\ This food can be called only swill— only sound unnatural. reason ... is because. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But an educated woman, I suppose, can’t resist the temptation to correct an uneducated man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When our new teacher called roll and asked for our preferred nicknames, Amelia didn’t correct him. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Twice, he rang up wrong totals and had to call Jake over to unlock the cash register and correct the receipt roll. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z They seem, that is, to feel that traditional philosophy of science was correct in its understanding of what knowledge must be. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Alex didn’t bother to correct her because at that moment, he hated everything, too. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z To everything the maid was acquiescent, but reluctant and shy as was proper and correct for her. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Though that was some time ago. And you are correct, this place is very French, I think that’s part of the charm. So many places here don’t bother to be charming.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Mathematics is nothing if it isn’t correct! Men’s lives depend on those figures!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “She insisted that I continue, that I not spare her. She said it was her duty. And I knew, of course, that she was correct. “I couldn’t bring myself to inflict physical pain on her. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z One part of the rule is correct: it’s odd to use that with a nonrestrictive relative clause, as in The pair of shoes, that cost a thousand dollars, was hideous. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Good thing,” Alex says, “I filibustered one of my professors into agreeing a question on our last exam was misleading so I would get full credit for my answer, which was correct.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z University of Florida I am in shock that after being corrected by at least three mathematicians, you still do not see your mistake. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “But the cause of death—unequivocally—was drowning. Is that right? Am I correct?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I know we took the correct path out of the flood basin. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z This means that the initial state of the universe must have been very carefully chosen indeed if the hot big bang model was correct right back to the beginning of time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Each of his advisers will think about his own interests; the prince will not know either how to correct them or recognize them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z "I think Brother Jack is correct," a short, bald man said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "Nothing happened," I say, and then correct myself. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He wished that he could find suitable words of appreciation, but he suddenly felt a great shyness about saying anything in the presence of this man who had actually written a book about correct speech. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He always hoped that if he did the correct things, said the correct things, no one would realize that he was a foster kid. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Let me help correct one of his mistakes. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “Reverend Coles can, and Dr. Singleton,” Corinthians corrected her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Four years later the soil still contained heptachlor, and scientists were unable to predict how long it would remain poisonous, or to recommend any procedure for correcting the condition. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He was a young man with eager, bright blue eyes and an accent as correct as the king’s. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z One of those watching all of this from a distance was William Brown, the fire alarm operator at the Courthouse who had stubbornly refused to correct Schaffer’s original signal to Box 342. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z With the passage of time Kelvin would become more forthright in his assertions and less correct. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z There was no need for an embarrassing walk to the correct classroom. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “Actually,” Dr. Cullen corrected, “most of the school seems to be in the waiting room.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The molecular building blocks must be put together in the correct sequence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope you took pains to correct them,” said Henry, lighting a cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "Technically," she corrected, "the booster only took me into orbit. It was the nuclear-powered ion engine that took me to Mars." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. What if the typos themselves were part of a second word, too—made up of only the corrected letters that you wrote. That’s never happened?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z The wireless operator flashes the correct signal to the ground and barely a minute later the flare path appears. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Very Homeric. Of course, it would be grammatically correct but perhaps a bit off contextually.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As those in positions of authority are not brave enough to correct this error, I have taken it upon myself to reveal the truth. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z At home, public support for the war was slowly eroding, and Johnson’s fear that American troop morale would slip as the war dragged on was proving painfully correct. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Is it lying if I don’t correct him? The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “And your parents mentioned that you put the baby up for adoption, correct?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Senior departmental staff invested negligible effort to correct operational deficiencies at the facility. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Of course, there were only three, but it is strange that in mentally reviewing the crossing we should always think of a fourth, and then correct ourselves.” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z She was crying and yelping so hard as she drove that she missed the correct turnoff from the throughway. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But many years of inferior schooling could not be corrected with a crowded hour or two of instruction each week. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He gives them tests in arithmetic and makes me sit there and correct them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As long as your key signature is correct, you do not have to worry about whether an interval is major, minor, or perfect. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “And he and your mother immigrated here, correct? What country did they come from? When was that?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “One and a half,” Dal corrected, and wrote a few equations on the board to demonstrate how much heat this would provide. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was informed that the People’s Front policy was now the correct vision of life and that the clubs could no longer exist. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “They took her to the beach for the sea air, sometimes,” Ruth corrects her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Or maybe the driver was thinking of taking a left turn on one of the dirt side roads but was having trouble in the low light figuring out which was the correct road. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z A tall, thin player came up to the plate, set his feet in correct position, swung his bat a few times, then crouched into a waiting stance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The letter a, b, c, or d indicates a correct answer; a number indicates a wrong answer, with 1 corresponding to a, 2 corresponding to b, and so on. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z "It's your birthday, though, so you should have made your favorite foods," I correct her without thinking. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He was correct with me, never friendly, and directed most of his conversation to Tessie, who sat in a chair in the corner. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I knew that my own white friends who called me Chief didn’t mean to insult me and I didn’t want to hurt their feelings by correcting them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Howard Jones and other gynecologic oncologists I talked with, the correct diagnosis wouldn’t have changed the way Henrietta’s cancer was treated. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Today few Christians would endorse this argument, but that doesn’t make it any easier to assign the correct degree of blame to their ancestors. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You know how you cross out the incorrect letter and write the correct one above it? Have those corrected letters ever spelled out words?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I might appear like I’m correcting him again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He ended up at an AAA office, and after a while they discovered it and its correct name: Shalimar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Either of these is correct: She can hardly see without her glasses. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Alpert is the kind of Maven who writes to Consumer Reports to correct them. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, realizing that that wasn’t the complete truth, he corrected himself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z That evening, I consulted with my friend and mentor, K.D., who felt that as a matter of principle I was correct to resign, and should not capitulate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fill in the bubble of the correct answer,” she said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Hanover was always correcting my grammar and pronunciation,” Miss Love told me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “That’s correct. Emergency boardings. I never heard of no other kind.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Such a chord can be dominant, major, or minor; the performer must take care to play the correct third and seventh. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Now, I think I am correct in saying that you have not told anybody that you know what the prophecy said?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “But if what Abby picked up from Tater is correct, he is trapped inside that bathroom. Remember? She mentioned cups wrapped in plastic and one big water bowl.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir,” he corrected me, but I didn’t say anything. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Most of the time, such a reckoning is correct. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Regardless of who was correct, the trees drew people’s attention, including Bobby’s. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z If Monte Verde is correct, as most believe, people were thriving from Alaska to Chile while much of northern Europe was still empty of mankind and its works. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z She demanded that someone give us the correct change to call Mississippi, which two boys did in such a hurry you would think Mother was their commanding officer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I breezed through many of the questions, but Hemme was openly hostile, asking questions with more than one answer so that nothing I said could be correct. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t go away. We’ll be right back with the correct answer to our last question right after this word from our sponsors.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z If this explanation is correct, then Pollard was trapped. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a soccer player.I corrected her. “I play goalie.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Nor would it be historically correct to regard the issues at stake as exclusively or even primarily constitutional. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Everyone—even those who had not had diversity training at taxpayer expense—knew that even though it was correct to recognize a person's ethnicity, it was not correct to comment upon it in public. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The same year, a colleague, Chien-Shiung Wu, proved their prediction correct. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, the world is full of cases where both proposition A and proposition B are correct; or where both are wrong. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z He took it upon himself to correct the behavior of the younger children and pick them up from school. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I mean, I’m taking her,” he corrected himself. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But he was correct about the others: not even Oppenheimer had read the actual text before drafting the message to which Lawrence and Fermi had blindly signed their names. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Particularly pleasing was the possibility that Joshua might be so stuck on his classical way of thinking that I would accomplish the unbelievable feat of beating him to the correct interpretation of his own experiments. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t know how you can be so correct and righteous in your heart, and still fix your mouth to say all them mean things.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In the first several rounds, it makes sense to eliminate bad players since the jackpot grows only when correct answers are given. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Instead of beating time or correcting their fingering, he spent the hour in a revery staring at their feet. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I stared at the empty page before me and picked up the pencil, and she corrected my grip, and I stared at the page some more. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "The first step, one must check the bristles for the correct alignment." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z All you had to do to access the jack was to drill through the case at the correct point. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z When Miles explained things that happened at school, embellishing small facts and details, I’d jump in and correct him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z They don’t feel like they have to be politically correct when the facts are staring them in the face.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Hooke pointed out the error and suggested that the correct orbit followed by the falling object, assuming it could pass through the solid Earth without resistance, would be a kind of shrinking ellipse. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “You slip the roll in here,” explained Bernard, interrupting Dr. Gaffney, “press down this switch ...” “No, that one,” corrected the Provost, annoyed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Weeks,” corrected the bug, flopping into a deep comfortable armchair, for it did seem that way to him. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She quickly corrected herself, giving Seven a light smile and turning away to join her new coven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Sing of its two cartridges, one for typing and one for correcting, that so eloquently represented her predicament, poised between the print of genetics and the Wite-Out of surgery. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Legions of people think of rather stiff sentences—None of Dempsey’s teeth was chipped, or None ofTunney’s fingers was broken—as grammatically correct. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s the only correct way to hold a mutton fork. A trout fork is managed differently.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Are the reported radiocarbon dates really correct, and not invalidated by any of the numerous difficulties that can plague radiocarbon dating? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z "But I am her legal guardian while she's here, correct? Did her parents make that clear?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Horror films,” he corrected, still directing his words to me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Maribel is pleasant with the customers and gives the correct change, but she doesn’t show much initiative. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “To work with us,” she said, correcting me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Either one may be correct after than, depending on the meaning of the sentence. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z So I could be sure that I had the correct structures when I drew tiny pictures of the bases on sheets of Cavendish notepaper. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Using one of her dad’s purple editing pencils, she corrected the misspellings like he did, marking through the incorrect letter and writing the correct one above. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And since I don’t want to embarrass anyone by correcting them more than once, I just let them say my name any way they want. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “My little brother—” he began, and then corrected himself. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She took a few wrong turns, and Scythe Curie didn’t correct her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Quite a lot about the models is not strictly correct. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z None gave the correct answer of Lyndon Johnson, who also happened to have been a native Texan. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "We furnish all ideas. We have some acute ones. Ideas are part of our apparatus. Only the correct ideas for the correct occasion." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “As I was saying,” he continues, “you’re correct. Ice cream has to be churned or it forms ice crystals. And crunchy ice cream is gross.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z For example, Penelope had never before realized how difficult it was to explain the logic behind such common household paradoxes as: Standing on the floor is perfectly correct; standing upon the loveseat is not. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Don’t try to touch him while he’s eating. He’ll think—” He corrected himself. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z The man sincerely thought that was Shakespeare’s first name, and if you think I should have corrected him, you are ignorant about the art of survival. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They are a set of manners, customs, and rules that cover everything from the correct size of a serving to the order of dishes served at a meal. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z We still don’t have any idea how she learned the correct pronunciation of Machu Picchu, though. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In other words, Burr’s allegation that Hamilton had made a practice of vilifying him for many years was essentially correct. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z When children asked questions, the parents didn’t know how to answer them for the reason that these people did not know the correct words to use. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One day Jockey was bound to choose the correct day of his birth. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “In terms of the scientific literature, you are correct.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The work of Lifshitz and Khalatnikov was valuable because it showed that the universe could have had a singularity, a big bang, if the general theory of relativity was correct. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Vowel sounds were not written out in Ancient Hebrew, so the accents and markings around the text indicated correct pronunciation and instructions for chanting. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z In the city, such an injury could have been corrected. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The Commander was patient when I hesitated, or asked him for a correct spelling. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z When the moon is full, which it is tonight, it is directly opposite the sun, so the shadow it casts will give me the correct time. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I stand corrected. You are one of us.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Mademoiselle—” “The correct form is ‘Your Royal Highness.’” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Lavender put her pencils back into the rather damp pencil-box and returned it to its correct place on her own desk. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z No matter whether the index rises or falls, a follow-up letter is sent, but only to the 16,000 people who initially received a correct “prediction.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are correct to say that you are strong-willed. I cannot control your will. But there are a few things I can control.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z They had had an argument over a passage of Talmud, they told him, each of them interpreting it in a different way, and they wondered who had been correct. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Instead of taking the I-10 west directly to Baton Rouge, she was on I-10 heading east, with no way to correct her error. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “So we have to correct the weak little lackeys who think it’s fun to follow a bad example. Isn’t that so?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Doctors tried to correct it with glasses, but had no luck. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Both are correct, and both say pretty much the same thing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, they steered the correct course and, after several hours, spotted their destination—the mouth of a creek on the Virginia side of the Potomac. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “I need to... to correct one thing. I’ll bring them to you a little later.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Neither of us corrects her, which definitely hasn’t gone unnoticed. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z While the Missionary Circle truly held a bake sale to raise money for the court case, the correct date was June 9, 1951. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Cora sat in the front of the class nowadays, and when Georgina corrected her—on her penmanship or arithmetic or speech—she no longer smarted. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “This is Jenny Yen’s place. And, if Google is correct, that fancy dog bungalow back there, that’s where ‘Duke,’ the big star, lives.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z They would correct it to such as “cloning”and “DNA.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “You mean, you look for the most common symbol or letter in the code, and you can assume that that symbol stands for e, because e is the most common letter in English,” Emma corrected. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “True, quite true. The law is the law, and since it is, then I assume you will not mind if I review each new edition of this paper before it is distributed, correct?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z This seems pretty obvious to us now, but there was a time when it was considered correct to leave the apostrophe with the pronoun: Is that your suit of armor, Sir Lancelot, or somebody’s else? Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He said it more factual than mean, and Susan didn’t correct him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z He had tried to correct that randomness, that error. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I also asked, “What are you going to do to correct it?” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Luckily for you, Redwood Farm Supply has invested decades of research in developing feed that meets your birds’ needs perfectly; you must choose the correct type to purchase. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z I looked at the mistakes I had made and corrected them, following Miss Bell’s suggestions. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z On the contrary, I believe I am correct in proposing that he be imitated by all those who have risen to power through the Fortune and with the troops of others. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z If the dates are correct, are they really associated with human products, rather than just being a 15,000-year-old lump of charcoal lying next to a stone tool actually made 9,000 years ago? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I guessed they had figured I would visit Chief Luthuli directly upon my return, and they were correct. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s time to correct mistakes later, but at the meet, she’ll always find the thing in my routine she can praise. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He found the building where Heisenberg was scheduled to talk, entered, located the correct room, and hung his hat and coat in the hall. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now, am I correct in thinking you’d like breakfast in your room?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The makers of these dictionaries were Prescriptivists: they prescribed correct usage. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Mr. Dubonnet had been correct about letting the powder cure longer: The rocket leapt off the pad with a louder-than-ever hiss and then streaked nearly out of sight. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The red square for Ungifted lit up and was given a check mark as the correct answer. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z No, she corrected herself; a girl not flying a plane. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I know I should call her something other than fat, something more politically correct, but I’m not sure what without sounding condescending. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “As am I to see you, Ekon. I admit, I didn’t expect a visit so soon. If my information is correct, I’m now speaking with an initiated Son of the Six. Congratulations.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z This is iterated a few more times, until 500 people have received six straight correct “predictions.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Her calculations were correct, based on the wrong numbers Becker had given her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Herschel did not have the correct mechanism for the origin of species, but he posed the correct question. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z In spite of his parents’ sanction he feels that he is overstepping them, correcting a mistake they’ve made. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z If they are correct, and Aspero turns out to be substantially older than now thought, it might win the title of the world’s oldest city—the place where human civilization began. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It had taken hours and hours of precious time, but I was satisfied I had the correct text, the only text that really made sense. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “You are correct. You are now in the lead by fifteen points!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z When Mr. Dimming gave us multiple-choice questions to answer, I had to think for only a moment, then hit the correct letter on my machine. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I told you that they wanted me,” she corrected him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z She repeatedly asked the referee to verify if the score posted on the machine was correct. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Minerva is up on a stool, counting cans, correcting herself, adding “more or less,” when Dede repeats the figure before she writes it down. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are correct! You are now in the lead.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t fly without a map,” Maddie corrected prudently, playing her cards close to her chest. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Well, when our predecessors at the Bureau inserted ‘corrected’ genes into your ancestors, they also included a genetic tracker, which is basically something that shows us that a person has achieved genetic healing. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “But please, Mr. L, tell Charles the correct answer to the final pictogram.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Finally, as night fell, it was clear to everyone the General’s fears had been correct. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z That convinced the Soviets the information was correct, allowing them to move ahead quickly with bomb building. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They would blur my vision as much as they corrected hers, she said, so I’d be able to see things as she always had. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We would talk about any number of things, and Miss Whitlaw encouraged me to write short paragraphs about dragons, which she and Robin then corrected. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s made up of intricate cartoon drawings, each one instructing people on the proper way to hand wash or the correct way to cough in public. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z This prediction proved correct, for not long afterward Wells collected both the reward and a parole. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think you smoke too much weed and Mom doesn’t love me. I know it,” I correct. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Her advice to me as to the Nexus-6 mentality, he realized, turned out to be correct. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Your correct choice is something you can have pride in for always. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew for sure her daddy wasn’t away somewhere getting corrected. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Whether the interval is minor, major, or perfect will take care of itself if the correct key signature has been chosen. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z And then there’s just everyday tasks; Dr. Atchley got lost heading to his lunch talk and a phone came in handy in finding the correct steakhouse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Seattle’s sportswriters weren’t at all sure that it was the correct decision. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Then it’s certainly time to correct them,” he said, and gave her a warm smile. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z "That's correct," says Tiny, and then explains, "simple sugars don't really help me put on muscle mass." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z I could feel my heart rate starting to slow, and then it raced again as I heard him ask me, “You work in public relations, is that correct? Huntingdon Whitely?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski was not sure how much the correct amount was, but she knew that if she put a spirit-level to his, they would be exactly right. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z When I get back to class, I ask Keisha to help me write a note so I’m sure it’s all correct. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “I stand corrected, my sweetling. Our Yunkish friends were kind enough to provide us with a chart. I must strive to be more assiduous about consulting it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But Jake was surprised by some of the correct answers that kept tumbling out of his own jelly bean brain. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z The fortresslike conference room was an interior room with concrete walls, fluorescent lighting, and ergonomically correct leather chairs that cost five thousand a pop. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She went to the blackboard and wrote the correct answer. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z So, a whoosh whoosh aah, I corrected him. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z The voice in which he said, “Good-morning, Director,” was absurdly too loud; that in which, correcting his mistake, he said, “You asked me to come and speak to you here,” ridiculously soft, a squeak. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z If this claim is substantially correct, the implications for racial justice advocacy are profound. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z As was explained in Chapter 1, we could never be quite sure that we had indeed found the correct theory, since theories can’t be proved. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom truly believes that her version of events is correct, down to details that I know, for a fact, are wrong. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He could have corrected her, but he didn’t. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z This was the correct treatment, he said, for someone who suffered from chikanditua, or a stroke. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z No one offered them any cheese or roast pork, but they soon found that the rumor Salvador had heard was correct. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Several surgeries to correct his lip have left a few scars around his mouth, the most noticeable one being a jagged gash running from the middle of his upper lip to his nose. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “It’s not jewelry, it’s his medals,” Oscar corrects. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z I don’t know if I would have corrected him myself these days. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z They demanded angrily that my father turn the car immediately so that the villages could be visited 'in the correct order'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “So I understand you paid six hundred dollars for the tickets, is that correct?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z "Keep the king's peace, you say. Is this how you keep my peace, Ned? Seven men are dead . . ." "Eight," the queen corrected. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I didn't say, but it’s neither,” he corrected. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Just like what I was trying to do, this new language is not com-pletely correct; but then, few things are.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “Well, then Thorn was talking about the Great Stir Pot—” “Stirring,” Bianca corrected. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z The Indians in De Soto’s path, if researchers are correct, endured losses that were anomalously greater. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “I’m of the understanding that you are almost done with your training as an agent, correct? That you’ve already finished your courses on tracking?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z He’s always saying that he doesn’t see the color of a man’s skin, but I know that’s just politically correct talk. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, the idea of correcting a centuries-old mistake, of pointing out that the experts in museums and universities weren’t really as expert as they’d thought they were, was irresistible. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z The notion that there could be anything to correct for. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “I mean...I live in Weston,” I corrected. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z By the time I’d corrected my mistake, the lecture was nearly finished. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If it is correct, he suggested, perhaps the army’s budget for armaments ought to be cut stringently. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And she might receive some satisfaction that her prediction had proved correct. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the activities below there are no correct or incorrect musical utterances. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “All that would have happened is a kind of reverse echo. A shadow of the living Cedric would have emerged from the wand . . . am I correct, Harry?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I was tired, sleepy; I did not want to look at the watch again, but I was satisfied that, on the whole, I had given him the correct time. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The problem was relatively minor; Glenn smoothed it out by switching the system to manual, keeping the capsule in its correct position the same way he would have flown a plane. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z In that way, you’d be most likely to substitute correct answers for wrong ones. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Second, in the way my father had taught me, by attempting to find or reconstruct the correct text, the text the commentator who had offered the simple explanation must have had before him. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Am I correct in assuming that you will no longer be spending evenings in my employ?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z If you are changing keys to play with another instrumentalist who is transposing or who is playing in a different key from you, you will need to figure out the correct transposition. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z The correct way to address him is our glorious father. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Charitably, one could say that Bancroft was correct: Cahokia was a product of its geography, which in turn was a product of the Ice Age. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Actually, let me correct myself: That Officer Hull can pull you out of class whenever he wants.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Father has forbidden him to keep up the practice and Margot has stopped correcting the letters, but I think it won’t be long before he starts up again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But if the Cosmos is closed and light cannot escape from it, then it may be perfectly correct to describe the universe as a black hole. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Flora hated the phrase “correct me if I’m wrong.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “I made a very bad mistake. I came to correct it.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “But if your suspicions are correct, about the General—” “I have thy word not to talk about that,” Zoe said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z I think Summer might have assumed that I had made the list myself, which I didn’t correct because I had helped Maya work on the list, so I thought it was fine. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z It’s easy to recognize two reasons why my impression that New Guineans are smarter than Westerners may be correct. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And she might receive some satisfaction that her prediction had proved correct. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “So I always say, ‘When I speak wrong English, don’t laugh at me—just correct me.’” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Whatever was in my look made her correct herself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You look like beat-up hell,” he corrected me matter-of-factly, then paused awkwardly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Rather, the trick lay in choosing a woman of the correct sensibility. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z John Glenn adjusted the capsule to the correct reentry position and prepared himself for the worst. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I stared at Mom and Dad hard, like I had some magic power that would make them correct themselves and take back their words. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Good. Now listen to me. I must come to lecture to you people so that you will be set upon the correct path. I have a rather extensive knowledge of political organization.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Harris was duct-taped to one of The Corporation’s ergonomically correct chairs. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The only thing I do right is to nestle the three silver pieces into the correct spaces in the velvet case. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z He was also revising The Origin for more editions, adding details from new research and correcting errors. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “But meanwhile,” said George, sitting down at the kitchen table and putting his feet up on it, “we can enjoy watching you demonstrate the correct use of a — whoops-a-daisy!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z That has turned out, over time, to be correct, though at the time even the advocates were not sure. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Matt asked, to be sure he was correct. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Eagerly he set to the task of finding the correct answers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t know whether it was the correct one, or if it was made by people or animals, but it went in the right direction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This time the correct equations fell out, partly thanks to the help of Kreisel, who had come over to Cambridge to spend a weekend with Francis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He found the controls on the left side and studied them, picking out the correct button and pushing it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Many purists maintain that the only correct sense of a word is the original one. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Little children, such as Anne, must never, ever correct their elders, no matter how many blunders they make or how often they let their imaginations run away with them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Up until now Desdemona had had a perfect record: twenty-three correct guesses. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Always she would give the correct, or what I assumed to be the correct, answer. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “He doesn’t speak at all,” Anya said, then corrected, “Not with his mouth. He uses his hands.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The regulator samples the air, figures out what's wrong with it, and corrects the problem. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “As many young and attractive victors as possible,” Haymitch corrects himself. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Unfortunately, Leo is correct. I don’t see how I can transport something so large. I was assuming—well, I was hoping you all would have an answer.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “No, Milton,” the voice corrected, “you don’t understand. I want to bargain.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z No particular observer’s measurements are any more correct than any other observer’s, but all the measurements are related. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I know if this hologram of theirs is astronomically correct, then behind the moon, I’ll find... The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Nobody home upstairs in your mother's house,” corrected the little girl. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z On nine of the fifteen tests, the six correct answers are preceded by another identical string, 3-a-l-2, which includes three of four incorrect answers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z All flesh is grass, I corrected her in my head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “The message said: The Greek has arrived. Or possibly: The goose has cried. I’m thinking the first interpretation is correct. You seek to join the legion?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It would be more correct to say that since neither needed a claque I was forgotten on the sidelines. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z As a bat, I think, but I don't correct her English. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A few days before, he had had a “minor” surgery to correct a previous surgery to make his lower eyelids less droopy, and now it had become infected. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z She was sullen and mean and had trouble keeping her letters correct. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z It’s a relief to know that you can politely correct someone when they say your name wrong. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t caring, I was only wondering,” corrected Michael. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z She pronounced Hari the correct way, rolling the r and saying it sort of like Hurry. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z In the past twenty-five years, in dollars corrected for inflation, the annual international arms trade has gone from $300 million to much more than $20 billion. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He seems very smart—intelligent enough to pretend convincingly, which makes me wonder if Coach’s theory is correct, if Boy21 is just acting. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But the engineers also spent time designing strategic rockets under defense contracts, something perhaps less politically correct to advertise: Trident missiles, ICBMs, Minutemen. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Young Dr. Frank Baker’s hypothesis, which he proposed two days after the assassination, had been correct. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Agent Jones hugged one of the ergonomically correct chairs. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z With every typo she found, she crossed out the incorrect letter and wrote the correct one above. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It didn’t feel right, it lacked a correct rhythm—there was something almost malicious and hostile in all their voices. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nine,” corrected a Messenger in the middle row. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The implication was that I was making a dangerous choice, that there was only one correct way to be a senator’s wife and I was choosing wrong. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If you are correct—there is no God—you gain nothing from being right. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The rituals were very complicated and the correct order of processions, chants, prostrations, sprinklings with holy water and sacrificial offerings had to be carefully written down so that they wouldn’t be forgotten. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As the girl’s gender identity was firmly established as female at the time her condition was discovered, a decision to implement feminizing surgery along with corresponding hormonal treatments seems correct. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Most likely we had to know the correct DNA structure before the right models could be made. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z She laughed, but she didn’t correct me, so I figured I’d gotten it pretty close to right. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z The awkward truth became apparent that the correct DNA model must contain at least ten times more water than was found in our model. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I'm not supposed to see any of this, but Pattie and Jairo didn't follow any of the correct procedures and that means that Lenore has to bring out the paperwork while I'm in the room. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z The trader assumed that we were selling the animals at the regent’s behest, and we did not correct him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If recent reappraisals of the pre-Columbian New World population are correct, it was not far below the contemporary population of Eurasia. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I went around them,” the bard corrected himself hurriedly. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. If we swing in behind him and cut him off from Washington ...” “If your man is correct.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The substitution sounds wrong to Gogol, correct but off-key, the way it sounds when his parents speak English to him instead of Bengali. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Emma laughed, and replied: “But I had the assistance of all your endeavours to counteract the indulgence of other people. I doubt whether my own sense would have corrected me without it.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Upon whom we are going to rain our mighty wrath,” I corrected her, and she shook her head in disgust. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “It is exactly correct. Keep going. Don’t lose your nerve.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She had to correct herself because it was July. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It’s not, if the new generation of researchers is correct. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Then it seems the dog was correct,” said Horace. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z It is perfectly correct to claim that in a boundless fluid a floating body displaces its own weight in water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z While intended as a libelous description, Adams’s choice of words was literally correct. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It let me listen to myself, so I could correct mess-ups and smooth out the hard sections. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z No number seems to solve the equation; plugging in –1, 3, –750, 235.23, or any other positive or negative number you could think of doesn’t yield the correct answer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z This gentleman has repeated that point in here several times. 4TH JUROR: That’s correct. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Leafie finding the correct change was the only thing that was “just right” about life right now. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z My initial instincts, conjured up by my visit, seemed to have been correct: Dean O’Neill had graciously made time for me and heard me out, and then common sense had prevailed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Not all over," an older brother says, correcting her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They were vindicated; the program was correct, events were progressing in their predetermined direction, history was on their side, and Harlem loved them. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks at Kim, his eyebrows furrowed, prepared for her to challenge him, to correct him, to laugh in his face. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In a particularly horrific example, a pair of twins—one with a hunched back—were sewn together surgically to determine if a shared spine would correct the disability. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z On the third or fourth day, when a potter hoped that the correct temperature had been reached, the openings were sealed with clay plugs. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “You say my workers are coming to you with complaints ...” “Oh yes, correct,” Comrade Pillai said. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t permitted to share the books with my spouse, that’s correct. And there are other difficulties, too. You remember the rule that says the new Receiver can’t talk about his training?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z "Wait. This discussion, and any subsequent discussions, will go much quicker if you just assume I'm always correct." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “They don’t treat them like animals. They bury them,” I corrected, trying not to scare her any more than she already was. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Lacking the exact X-ray evidence, we were not confident that the configuration chosen was precisely correct. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I said that both races, as human beings, had the obligation, the responsibility, of helping to correct America’s human problem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z But if Scrappy was just getting corrected, maybe that wouldn’t take too long. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He had to guess your correct age within one year or else you won a teddy bear.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Private Willis had been killed two days later on patrol, by friendly mortar fire he’d’called for at the direction of Lieutenant Kent himself, who’d given the correct coordinates. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I didn’t. I just ... I just wanted to see my husband . . .” “Your ex-husband,” Gaskill corrected me again. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z So what you might do is select a string of eight or ten consecutive questions and fill in the correct answers for, say, one-half or two-thirds of your students. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z If this reasoning is correct, then a search for deep geographic or ecological explanations will not be profitable. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He felt in her presence that to reveal himself would be a mistake he might never correct. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Somehow she understood that my missteps came from ignorance, not intention, and she corrected me gently but frankly. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I even wash the typewriter ink and correcting fluid off my hands and elbows. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Years earlier, Beck had undergone a radial keratotomy* to correct his vision. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z He searched his mind for the correct translation. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Before I could correct myself and speak the words I had come to say, the Sacred Rock was responding. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Schiaparelli is almost due east, and if my sextant and Phobos calculations are correct, I've got another 1030 kilometers to get there. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I used the same trick again, where I’d say something so ridiculous she had to correct me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The correct length is at least one clenched fist beneath the chin. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “It’s not exactly correct that you don’t have your brain. You do. You just don’t have the same material it was housed in. Now it’s in the Bio Gel.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z After a series of unsatisfactory report cards, my mother had begun to think that what many of my teachers were telling her was correct: I might have a learning disability. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z When my mind strayed far from serious concerns, it was you who guided it back down the correct path. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I didn’t even bother correcting her, because I was so nervous. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z "And Watney's only source of energy is his solar panels, correct? " The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I mean, not really,” Genie replied, aching to correct Grandpop. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Henceforward the farm was to be known as “The Manor Farm”—which, he believed, was its correct and original name. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “Wrote a good story,” I say, correcting her. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z “Well fought,” Jon said to Horse, “but you drop your shield too low when pressing an attack. You will want to correct that, or it is like to get you killed.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But these impressions—that Count Olaf was a horrible person, and his house a depressing pigsty—were absolutely correct. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Padva is correct, as she has felt Marco’s gaze burning into the back of her neck all evening, and she is finding it increasingly difficult to ignore. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I wasn’t going to correct her, but the song was based on a poem written by a German soldier during the first war. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Using one of her dad’s purple editing pencils, she corrected the misspellings like he did, marking through the incorrect letter and writing the correct one above. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink, Neel corrected, biting his lip so his anger wouldn’t make him say it aloud. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z "The waltz," I corrected her, even though she was echoing my own feelings. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Give the correct octave name for each note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Whatever the outcome, 4,000 people have now received three straight correct predictions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I asked, thinking she was about to correct my kick. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z If this picture is correct, it spells bad news for would-be space travelers: the extra dimensions would be far too small to allow a spaceship through. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re both juniors,” I corrected, though he was more right than he dreamed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Each step along the way seemed airtight, and if all the steps are correct, how could the conclusion be wrong? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Matt was correct, she should not go into the woods now. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone on our team answered B. One person on the Woodland team answered A. Mr. Kingsley smiles and says, “Woodland has three points and Spaulding now has four with all correct responses.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z The weekend’s brutal wind had died out at last; the weird mist had returned and it took them a little longer than usual to find the correct greenhouse. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Why is it,” he said quietly, “that quite often even the things which are correct just don’t seem to be right?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z If the Replacement Theory is correct, all living humans have roughly the same genetic baggage, and racial distinctions among them are negligible. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are correct. For instance, Mr. Peckleman. He will be leaving right now.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Didn’t bother to correct her, though, did he?” said Amos Diggory, loudly enough for Harry to hear as he started to walk out of the door with Mrs. Weasley and Bill. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I would trust that the choice you made was correct.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z One moment, Briony was giving patient instructions to Jackson, then she paused, and frowned, as if about to correct herself, and then she was gone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And the City, in its own way, gets down for you, cooperates, smoothing its sidewalks, correcting its curbstones, offering you melons and green apples on the comer. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wrong, but I didn’t correct her. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Why, she had corrected the priest who prepared her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s much larger than average,” the man with thinning hair corrects himself. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m no cartographer, but even I know the destination grid behind each seat—looking similar to the electronic maps on the subway—isn’t geographically correct. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “The accuser is correct that it is the way,” Jamison said to the guardians. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose he isn’t used to being corrected. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Listlessly, they completed their survey, which confirmed that the first French team was correct. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z ‘Tomorrow,’ Reyna said, ‘we Romans must return home. We appreciate your hospitality, especially since we almost killed you -’ ‘You almost got killed,’ Annabeth corrected. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He corrects the error in stealth, not bothering to explain to Jonathan and Brandon what he’s so busy doing all day, and then suddenly it is over. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, though Planck’s formula was correct, its repercussions were more troubling than the ultraviolet catastrophe it solved. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The rule here is that ±e comma is correct if it can be replaced by the word and or or. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z In an attempt to reduce confusion, all dates in this book are ordinary calendar dates—that is, radiocarbon dates corrected by the most recent calibration. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “That we must all fear. But suppose you are correct—suppose your pearl is of great value—do you think then the game is over?” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mind you return anything you have borrowed to the correct — what have you been doing to that book, you depraved boy?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Another of the men had many violent beatings in order to ‘break’ him of his stammering and ‘fits,’ as well as to correct him for his allegedly ‘bad’ behavior. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And as it later turned out, I was correct. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “In other words, you have no firsthand knowledge of its content—is that correct, Mrs. Heine?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z After three years of calculation, he believed he had found the correct values for a Martian circular orbit, which matched ten of Tycho’s observations within two minutes of arc. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Malú,” I corrected him, and set my tray down across from Benny. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z She had been correcting social studies papers and had just finished reading Noah Gershom's essay on the First Amendment when the thought flew into her head. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z If the relativist account of science were correct, every major paradigm shift ought to be accompanied by bitter disputes between competing intellectual communities: indeed it was Kuhn’s view that this is exactly what happens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Also, Anna is honest about all of it in a way no one else really is: Throughout the book, she refers to herself as the side effect, which is just totally correct. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z In the second hour, the trio of professors stopped taking notes and just gawked at Jake as he fired off one correct answer after another. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z As an example, he gave us a fifteen-minute math exam and had us correct it in class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z Mother lies on her side, her face next to mine, taking small sips of air each time the van fishtails, then holding her breath as Dad corrects and it snakes back into the lane. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Everyone thought that was funny and laughed, and I didn’t bother to correct him. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z If you are not sure that yours are correct, check with your music instructor. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If you were willing to erase your students’ wrong answers and fill in correct ones, you probably wouldn’t want to change too many wrong answers. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I thought about the correct words to say. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Katie was always correcting her and transferring the chalk or the needle from her left hand to her right. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Even though only about fifteen atoms were involved, they kept falling out of the awkward pincers set up to hold them the correct distance from one another. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z The housing code was rarely enforced, and its most important mechanism, the power of the city to correct code violations and bill landlords, was not once exercised by the city council, which oversaw housing issues. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Until we have some convincing, detailed, agreed-upon explanation for the broad pattern of history, most people will continue to suspect that the racist biological explanation is correct after all. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z If we got there and found out we were wrong, we wouldn’t have time to correct ourselves. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z But how did you correct someone who brought you into the world and held a strap to you? P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Having located the correct word, Flora felt a sudden need to say the word aloud. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “So in Indianapolis you just. . . corrected their genes and shoved them in a city somewhere? Without factions?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z "Now, if you'll let me have that name again correct----" Picking up Wilson like a doll Tom carried him into the office, set him down in a chair and came back. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Why, that correct data is indeed given, and correct answers are indeed received, but that they are then ignored. There is no way the Machine can enforce obedience to its dictates.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The correct answer is A. I have to confess I couldn’t figure this one out, and I’m guessing most of you couldn’t either. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z In the case of the Azores this was mistaken, while it was correct in the case of Madeira, discovered—or rather rediscovered—around the same time, for it was known to Pliny and Plutarch. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He knew the reaction period down to a fraction of a second, the correct reaction period; there should have been none. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Harley had to stop the burro every few hundred yards to correct their direction. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z A second-grade student, I was the one who came home and corrected the ‘simple’ grammatical mistakes of our parents. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But until our language has a sex-neutral possessive that everyone can agree on, we’re stuck with his, her, or the clumsy compound his or her if we want to be correct. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even a broken watch is correct twice a day.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “The Count would like to know the secrets behind our cows’ greatness, is that not correct, sir?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “We didn’t know they were coming. We didn’t suspect—” She corrected herself. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z If he was thinking that, he would have been correct. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z If his calculations were correct, they were only eighty miles from South Georgia Island. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z For a while, Nailer read, with Knot correcting him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “I had no correct answers out of nine kids after one clue,” she reported. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was telling her that her editorial had been correct— truthful. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Parker also left directions to correct some of the items he had manipulated for the purposes of the letter, such as the photo of Leanne Washington. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “That is correct. March twenty-fourth. Same as the past seventeen years, Jupe.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I wanted to correct him, but I just stared at his mouth, wondering what he would say next. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z “No, I’m not, actually. For one, you are amazing on those bus driver math problems. You’re one of the kids who gets the really harder ones correct.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Zeus was correct about one thing: the worst was yet to come. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “No. I want you to give me the formulas...or the formulae. Either is correct as the plural of formula.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “One more round of hopeful people wishing for better things,” I corrected. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It would give physicists the first direct evidence that the big bang was correct and that steady state was wrong. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I like policemen, too, and I wanted to answer the question properly, but the policeman did not give me enough time to work out the correct answer. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The nakedness is the correct and intended result of policy, the predictable upshot of people forced for centuries to live under fear. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Feet,” I corrected, for the sake of the homeless guy. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Audrey furrowed her brow like she was staring at a math problem that had been marked wrong when she was certain it was correct. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Assuming our video monitors are correct, Mr. Fernandez is on the other side of the third floor, doing research in the Art and Artifacts Room.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Mom's annoyed about Mrs. Trent getting involved, but she says, "Yes. That is correct." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We now know that really both theories are correct. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Am I correct in saying, Horace, that paragraph four on page four of your autopsy report identifies drowning as the cause of Carl Heine’s death?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Is it wrong for me to want to at least correct the misplaced apostrophe before I rip it off the wall and stuff it in my backpack? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I thought of it as a defect in his character that I must try to correct, so I told him jokes. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. However long it takes for Scrappy to get corrected, I guess.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Occasionally, Debbie wished Sasha would ease up a little—resist correcting well-meaning relatives who said he instead of they, for example. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In the open doorway of the house a correct butler was awaiting them, and something about his gravity reassured them. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z I almost correct Sam, that Vikings were from farther north. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z With every typo she found, she crossed out the incorrect letter and wrote the correct one above. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He doesn’t correct her mistake, just pulls me closer and gives me a loud smack on the lips. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He told me to put them on, which I did, and they were roughly the correct length, although the waist was far too large. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hyacinth sobbed out something through her tears that sounded like miss beebee mania, which Oliver was certain could not be correct. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Even modest programs could require a tray of hundreds of the cards, which needed to be fed into the computer in the correct order. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The calligraphy pen made me remember about the Post-it notes I had bought to correct the problem that had developed with the ink. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Einstein’s theories corrected Newton’s errors; they explained Mercury’s wobble, for instance. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z It was seriously like five lines, but it was grammatically correct and strangely poetic, and just completely different from anything I’d ever read before. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “And in his hand you saw an object. Is that correct?” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The painter had poured water from the duck’s bill onto a stone a single drop at a time, mixing ink to exactly the correct consistency for his work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I buttoned the braces on to the trousers, six buttons in all, then I put on the trousers and adjusted the braces to the correct length by sliding two brass clips up and down. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Ongoing arguments about the “correct” interpretation of some cryptic passage in Anorak's Almanac. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They used her name as the call sign and Derek had shown Brian how to use the radio, the correct procedure in case of an emergency. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z If this is correct, Tisquantum had barely come home before being kidnapped again. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z A female presence at this level was such a rarity that a British record keeper later corrected the minutes of the meeting, whiting out the “s” of “Mrs.” so that she became “Mr. Friedman.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “My accent,” she corrected, “is perfect. It has to be, for roles, for Purcell and Walton and Vaughn Williams. But my vocabulary isn’t very large.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “That is correct, Monsieur. My handkerchiefs are always initialled in the Russian characters. H is N in Russian.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z And what a shame that her assumptions had proven correct! Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “The correct answer is that we are all feeling like we will be happier after an a cappella rendition of ‘Blister in the Sun.’” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Am I correct in understanding that you are looking for a gentleman to walk with you tonight?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z This aids in proper and correct on-pitch singing as well as sight reading and ear training. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Hugo then made sure the gears and levers were moving accurately, and he checked that the time was correct on the miniature dial built into the back of the clockworks. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I had packed in a hurry, simply noted that I had the correct set, and stuck them in my pack. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It won’t necessarily be more correct than those that follow, but it may be more common. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah! Ah! Magister Spurge, look at this feast! Every detail correct!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “It’s not exactly politically correct, if you know what I mean.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Dr. Luce was correct in thinking that his conversations with colleagues and medical students were over my head. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They corrected each others work and policed their ranks like soldiers against tardiness, sloppy appearance, and the perception of loose morals. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Dad was one of those Never Mention Her Name Again type of fathers which if you ask me was extremely un-psychologically correct of him. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “So to find x—” She bent over the notebook, correcting his work, and Trip watched her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then, before I could express my regret, , he asked me—addressing me as M. Daumier-Smith—if I would kindly correct a few lessons. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Thus, the unsuspecting parents received in this subtle way the impression that your letter had never been seen or censored or corrected by anyone. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z At least that part of West Side Story was correct. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I knew what was wrong with me, but I could not correct it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The correct answer is C. But now try this one. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It does, however, confirm that my answer, February seventh, 1497, is correct.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z "Not purple," Angela corrected her, "amber. 'For amber waves of grain.'" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bland is correct word. Food here is bland.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z It just didn’t seem in character, somehow, for correct, law-abiding Mr. Crouch to be sneaking around somebody else’s office this late at night.... Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Strictly speaking, they were and are historically correct. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was pure guesswork, but we had to try to put the animals back into the correct cages. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “It says in your application papers that when you leave here, you wish to study electrical mechanics in Berlin. And you are an orphan, is that correct?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They got to work, tracing from original Maps to wax paper, one by one, trying to keep it clean and correct while hurrying as fast as possible. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z He corrects himself, starting “again with passion,” erasing, and finally wearing “a hole in the paper with the rubbing of the eraser.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She approached the egg crate using the correct Egyptian walk, which was done by walking with your shoulders sideways, arms held out from the body and bent sharply at the wrist. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re not moving your body the correct way. Here, just let me show you.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z However, his misgivings proved correct, because his father was callous and cruel to the workers, forcing them to labor under harsh conditions from morning to night. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Unless you get the complete list of predictions or a randomly selected subset, the correct predictions mean nothing. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Then it was The Soul's turn to answer, and Julian corrected Mr. Fairbain. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z If the wagging tongues of the people were correct, he had been exiled to our small place in the mountains by the Sapa Inca himself. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “No. What if the typos themselves were part of a second word, too—made up of only the corrected letters that you wrote. That’s never happened?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Maybe they got lost in the mail, or he didn’t have my address correct until now. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Again, no one corrected him, but no one smiled either. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And on all fifteen tests, the six correct answers are followed by the same incorrect answer, a 4. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, the Bimba cylinder provides the pneumatic pressure—” “I mean Tin Man,” he corrected. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z She told us the correct name of the president. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I understood you to say earlier that no gill-netter would board another’s boat except in the case of an emergency. Is this correct, sir? Did I hear you right?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z This devastating and largely correct physical analysis was written in Wallace’s eighty-fourth year. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The fact that I speak grammatically correct English doesn’t make me white.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Instead, like all orthodox religions, they practiced a rigidity that prevented them from correcting their errors. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “The only person in the class who got every single question correct is . . . Melody Brooks.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z When Ground Control realized she was correct, they sent new commands to Valentina to get her back home. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “Please come with me, sir, and I’ll help you find your correct seats.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Dominic gave Jake a quizzical look, then took the man’s twenty and gave him the correct change. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not mad at Billy,” he corrected in a clipped voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “But then what is left? The Machines themselves are correct and the premises they work on are correct. That we have agreed upon. Now you say that it cannot be disobeyed. Then what is wrong?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “You led it onto some other rabbits and it killed one of them. Is that correct?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "My dear, as I’ve already explained, Michael is correct. Apollo’s cabin has the best claim. Besides, we have more important matters—” "Sure,” Clarisse snapped. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Sticklers never read a book without a pencil at hand, to correct the typographical errors. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I’d run the corrected lines through the hot- wax machine that made the back side sticky, then cut out the lines with an X-Acto knife and fit them over the original lines. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Distance is nothing to living energy. I can send the corrected energy to you from here.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Your spy was correct in his reports. Had it not been for that report, this army might have been destroyed in detail. I thank you.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z His father checked the margin of the page for the textual corrections of Rabbi Elijah—the same Rabbi Elijah who had persecuted Hasidim!—and showed Danny that he had been quoting from the corrected text. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z If the no boundary proposal is correct, he had no freedom at all to choose initial conditions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The only respite from the torment, which in Ranofer’s resentful opinion caused more mistakes than it corrected, was during the midday break. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z I mean, I’m usually Astrid Jones, pacifist poet type who doesn’t usually pick fights outside of correcting your grammar. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Daisy, I corrected her, and she nodded in a solemn kind of way that made me feel sure she’d remember. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody on our team had answered D. Either we were all correct or all really terrible at figuring out time problems. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z When he “tactfully” corrected Lawrence by return mail, Lawrence replied with a letter in which was enclosed, sure enough, a millicurie of Na-24. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Whether Thales’ conclusion was correct is not as important as his approach: The world was not made by the gods, but instead was the work of material forces interacting in Nature. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It says you were on your way to shop class. Is that correct?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Three days and two nights,” I corrected her. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I wished Frank would not always be so terribly correct. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Nonreligious white liberals have typically downplayed the role of religion in the civil rights movement, but historian Aldon Morris is correct in asserting that the lunch-counter protests were not primarily a college phenomenon. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Someone in the Senate who tried to excuse him declared that there were many men who knew how not to err better than they knew how to correct their mistakes. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z “Now, Corporal, you are probably wondering why I attacked you like that. Am I correct?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Emmanuel Rivers didn’t really feel up to hiking anymore, is that correct?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I knew what it was to have a misconception corrected—a misconception of such magnitude that shifting it shifted the world. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She will be returned when the lies that surround the lifework of Johannes Vermeer have been corrected. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z But she rose from the couch and stood tall, her posture as stiff and correct as ever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Make sure you are transposing in the correct direction. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I start to correct myself, but she leans forward and glares at me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You and your husband had recently put down earnest money on this land. Is that correct, Mrs. Heine?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z String theory might well be correct, but we may never have the means to find out. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I doubt this, because Copernicus seems to have assumed that the correct theory must already have been formulated: he needed to read until he found it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “It’s me giving you another chance,” Ruby corrected, a string of the aforementioned saliva glistening between their lips when she drew back to speak. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A man so conventional, so scrupulously correct as the Director—and to commit so gross a solecism! Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside the door, great metal cogs wheeled and clanked as the symbol rotated until it was facing the right way, until it was correct. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Her phone does not work,” Ma corrected me, passing Daddy the hot sauce. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z We had eaten with forks, but I wasn’t about to correct her. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Older one,” she corrects, and shoots me a quick stank-eye, “and I saw it. How in the world did you miss it?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Ekon had been correct, she couldn’t read the language the words were written in, but she recognized that this book was special. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z ‘I really am. It is very rude of me to keep correcting you.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She stared at the screen for a few seconds, then went back and corrected the text: This is Candice. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You understand you’re not the focus of any criminal charges, correct?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She leaned her head back against the wall and raised her eyes to the ceiling before correcting herself. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “A good afternoon,” he corrected, with a significant glance up at the sun. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The same conclusion follows on theoretical grounds if the no boundary proposal is correct. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But if my mom is around, she always corrects Grandma and says that they will be happy with whomever I end up dating. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z But here suddenly was someone—“just a kid!”—constantly correcting him. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard her call him that, and I didn’t hear him correct her. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t have the heart to tell her that with Zooey so far along, the correct term was actually stillbirth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “The make-believe librarian is correct, Charles,” said Mrs. Chiltington as she came out of the Book Nook Cafe, sipping a cup of tea with her pinky finger extended. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Computer keys are tapping on her end, probably correcting the entry or something in her database. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I was afraid of the dark,” she corrects me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z If Mann and Fields are correct, this was the date on which Tododaho accepted the alliance. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “You can keep correcting me or you can take the photo and leave.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He knew the Copernican system could work only if the cosmos was much bigger than the Ptolemaics had imagined, but he did not correct his father’s figures for the dimensions of the universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The Instructors of Threes were in charge of the acquisition of correct language. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z But the more historically correct reality was that no one quite knew what the Republican triumph meant in positive terms for the national government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I sprang to my feet at once, feeling guilty, and apologised for sitting there so late, and he bowed, saying nothing, very polite, very correct, but I caught a flicker of surprise in his eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Oliver pulled the correct encyclopedia from the stack and flipped through it. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z These kids could remember complicated strands of numbers and recall words and pictures in correct sequence and quote long passages of poetry. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z And how do you know which one is correct? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z He is correct, Pet said in Jam’s head. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Then, in one of the most widely read science journals in the world, she corrected her error: “Helen Lane, it seems, never lived. But Henrietta Lacks did, long protected by the pseudonym Helen Lane.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Clarke, I was just going to ask you to send that boy Jasper up, so he could demonstrate to these young gentlemen the correct technique for getting their trousers on.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Yet if the new view is correct and the work of humankind was pervasive, where does that leave efforts to restore nature? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z His quickness and accuracy at first entertained Ophelia, but she began to wonder why he couldn’t miss once in a while, allowing her a chance to correct him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The history books—correct me if I’m wrong, Scorpius—show nothing about when and how he arrived in Godric’s Hollow? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Both are correct, but they mean different things. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z I put my uniform on the correct way for the team stretch, which is how we start every practice. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z That was correct, even if you had cooked a hundred chickens. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And I never heard any Tweedy, not even my own daddy, try to correct the impression. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “And pay attention while Four demonstrates the correct technique for throwing them.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Alighting on the corrected transformer pole, she waited for Susan to appear with food. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Though Copernicus’s system didn’t agree with the data completely—the circular orbits were wrong, though the heliocentric idea was correct—it was much simpler than the Ptolemaic system. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z "What day would suit YOU?" he corrected me quickly. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “They're amazing,” I correct with my head dipped low and my voice quiet. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The black man in the ghettoes, for instance, has to start self- correcting his own material, moral, and spiritual defects and evils. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Thornfield! that, doubtless, was the name of her house: a neat orderly spot, I was sure; though I failed in my efforts to conceive a correct plan of the premises. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It is not politically correct but true that I had seen and heard of single coyotes or wolves killing forty sheep in one night without eating any of them. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It feels even more important to correct her English now, as if her English mistakes could prove she's wrong about other, bigger things. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z By pointing the gun in the right direction, and by squeezing the correct trigger, I could cause the nitrogen gas to exert a force that would move my body either forward or backward. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I enjoyed Francis’ words, even though they lacked the casual sense of understatement known to be the correct way to behave in Cambridge. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z While Mama tells the class the correct and incorrect ways of cooking vegetables—the microwave makes them soft but also wrinkles their skin—I zone out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “All of us is done give out,” Tea Cake corrected. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Jamison was correct; there seemed to be no danger. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Here, I thought, was a way of learning correct pronunciation of all those archaic terms. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter how strongly you feel yourselves compelled to act in any other manner, you can convict only if you are certain it is correct to do so beyond a reasonable doubt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “He says you went to elementary school together. Is that correct?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “That’s correct; none of the others wanted to pursue the letter,” she said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I corrected him the first time, but he looked so embarrassed, I didn’t dare correct him again. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The letter came fairly easily then, was corrected and copied fair. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I turned back to the wires, counted them, corrected the inventory slip, initialed it, and moved down to the next shelf. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Then quickly corrected myself: “Really, someone who can tell me about a boy who used to live there.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z Though mathematicians of the day sniped at Berkeley’s logic, the good bishop was entirely correct. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z For I couldn't remember the correct words and phrases from the pamphlets. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He simply pulled out the correct tools and quickly cracked open the safe. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Because of the length of the lunar day and night Kepler described “the great intemperateness of climate and the most violent alternation of extreme heat and cold on the Moon,” which is entirely correct. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In a sudden giddy fit of recklessness, she corrected Curt. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z We dismissed our advocates under the correct assumption that an accused, in the absence of representation, would be permitted to address the court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It could also be argued that the name implied that only a simpleton would believe the Ptolemaic system was correct. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The first is to find the correct branches, a process called parsing. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I mean nice,” she corrected herself quickly, and Patria, Mate, and I bowed our heads to hide our smiles. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Shin corrected the boy, saying he had not served in the Korean People’s Army. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Neel’s heart was still hammering from the shock of Headmaster’s appearance, but he corrected the mistake in his head: Kill two birds with one stone. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z But Ben had been correct when he observed that Bull had thickened over the last years. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "Five," the analyst corrects, winking at the mother. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She corrected him, saying that “Mou” rhymed with “toe,” but he shook his head and said, “I’ll just call you Mouse.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Madam HoOch then showed them how to mount their brooms without sliding off the end, and walked up and down the rows correcting their grips. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “I punched him because he wouldn’t stop turning off my stereo,” I correct nervously. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Twig’s embarrassed about her name, so she doesn’t bother correcting anyone. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If the ideas of Pauketat, the University of Illinois archaeologist, are correct, the immigrants probably came to regret their decision to move. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Was he saying, “Religion is darkness,” the way he sometimes said in class things like “Mammals lay eggs,” to see if someone would correct him? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Dalgard hung up the phone believing that his decision to sacrifice the monkeys in Room F had been correct. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A Greek called Archimedes, Mr. Dunwoody said, worked out the correct place to put a tree and the horizon in any picture. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Some masters read a book while taking Prep and some corrected exercises, but not Captain Hardcastle. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z And having to stop and correct myself, remind myself that I was in an alien, dangerous place. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘Eight. One of them must be correct, unless there’s one or more theories I’m missing.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grace is correct. We need help. My family has tried to do this on our own for centuries. But now that Mrs. Malvolio and her uncle seem to know...” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z I thought I’d learned how in my lessons at the palace, but he shows me mistakes my teachers didn’t bother correcting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z For most of the 1,800 years between Aristarchus and Copernicus nobody knew the correct disposition of the planets, even though it had been laid out perfectly clearly around 280 B.C. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike the general’s guarded and diplomatic manners—he didn’t correct me when I continued to call him “General Sahib”—Khala Jamila made no secret of how much she adored me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Lady Constance was correct, and if you have ever had the misfortunate of hearing a violinist tuning, you will understand the momentary confusion. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Teams will be asked twenty-five questions. Each correct answer from each four-member team is worth one point, so the maximum total team score is one hundred points.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He did not want our parents to think that those letters of ours were censored in this way, and therefore he never allowed us to correct a spelling mistake in the letter itself. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She found Father Joseph in a small office, sitting behind a wooden desk correcting papers. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Whichever theory proves correct, most large wild mammal species that might otherwise have later been domesticated by Native Americans were thereby removed. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Two or three of the older men took the trouble to teach me the right way to use a pick, the correct way to shovel. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He would be the first person to propose something solidly correct about the structure of a biologically important macromolecule. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “War is not politically correct or polite. It’s a time when you have to do what’s necessary to protect people.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Even though it doesn’t agree with the way nature seems to work, Planck’s strange hypothesis—that molecular vibrations were quantized—led to the correct formula for the frequencies of light that come off an object. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Flocks,” Genie corrected with a head shake, clicking another link. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z It took her two weeks to write her last letter with revisions and corrected spelling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The dates and places were correct; his description of his boyhood as a typical country idyll was most certainly a fabrication. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I will, Grace types back, her hands shaking a little and making it hard to press the correct keys. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Then she corrected him: “And I’m almost three.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Ten questions,” he said, “and a tiebreaker if we need one. The team with the most correct answers is the winning team. The prize this year: a baseball signed by...” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Self-selected samples are not much more informative than a list of correct predictions by a psychic. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She jabs the tiny brush into the coral bottle, wipes the excess under the rim, and expertly strokes it on her big toe, correcting the line with her thumb. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z So if the more relaxed usage sounds better to your ear and you’re not concerned about being stricdy correct, allow yourself some latitude. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have money—that’s correct. I’m a pauper and I work my fingers to the bone. The baishakunin lied to you. I’m sorry for that, but—” “Don’t talk to me, please,” said Fujiko. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “Good. You came here on your own free will, is that correct?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z "We shall correct that, and leave him tattered and torn!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He personally examined the child and verified that she had all the necessary parts in their correct locations, at least those that could be seen with the naked eye. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He had really only one flaw and that was an inability to calculate the correct age of the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I run the letters through my mind several more times, to make sure my assumption is correct. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z At first, when she introduced him as a writer, he wanted to correct her: journalist, not writer. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It was postmarked New York and was written hastily, in the red pen he used for correcting our Greek. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Whom, corrects the voice of a grammar-school teacher in my head. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Massasoit, if this interpretation is correct, was trying to incorporate the Pilgrims into the web of native politics. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But he stumbles to correct himself, “I mean, no. I gotta get to class, too.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I was standing right next to the defendant,” Danny corrects, “when the incident occurred. The plaintiff did indeed use a derogatory word to speak about the defendant’s brother and myself.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Hsu was the University of Texas geneticist whose earlier work with HeLa and other cells had made it possible to discover the correct number of human chromosomes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Giles of Rome and Dante had pointed out that if the theory was correct the land emerging from the waters should have a circular shape, and it did not. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Someone had deliberately led him away from the correct path and brought him here. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z This is the correct order for life, she said, and if you follow it, you will have JOY, JOY, JOY. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He ignored the zodiac signs and letters, lining up the correct numbers so they made the value of pi. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The friends who made the effort to get it right gave Sasha the confidence to correct the acquaintances who got it wrong. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z We now know that Aristarchus’s sun-centered cosmos, with the stars set at a practically infinite distance from the observer, was absolutely correct, yet we have little evidence that anyone else thought his model worth proving. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z So they insisted that Lancelot should stay the night, and in the morning they put him on the correct road for the abbey of white friars. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But in a larger sense, it seems to me, the claim is correct. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Then write the correct letter name above each note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z I squeezed Ndlamini’s hand, an indication that the translation from Afrikaans to Zulu was correct. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the largest and most magnificent cathedral in London,” said Millard, “and if my hunch is correct, it’s also the nesting place of Miss Wren’s pigeons.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z I can tell she’s genuinely pleased to see me, so I don’t correct her. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “From the spring just fifty yards west of here, isn’t that correct?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Another example of a technically correct yet misleading statistic is the fact that heart disease and cancer are the two leading killers of Americans. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re both the same to me, so I didn’t correct her. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z There are many things I don’t understand, but here’s one thing that I know: There is no such thing as a “correct” diagnosis. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z But this view is correct only to a point. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z So, except at the gallows, hung is the correct past tense of hang-. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s one explanation. But not the correct one. There was a rich Italian nobleman involved. That part is right.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z If children do wrong, any adult can correct them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z If I hit the wrong notes because I hadn’t practiced enough, 1 never corrected myself. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Descriptivists believe that the rules of correct usage are nothing more than the secret handshake of the ruling class, designed to keep the masses in their place. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “If you get a dog,” his parents would correct him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z What was not so noticeable, however, was that the trainer stood stone-still until the horse pawed the correct number of times, and then, consciously or not, stirred slightly, which caused Hans to stop. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z No one spoke up to correct the woman’s mistake. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z She followed them, sensing that her inner compass had finally kicked in and was correct. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z He, too, put me at once in communication with the proper officials, and I saw that their tally was correct with the original invoice. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s on now. I just wanted to make sure that last form we filed was all correct.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Choosing correct words in this place of confusion seemed impossible. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “But the group stopped riding the buses for certain named things ... that is correct, isn’t it? ... for certain things that Reverend King said were the things they objected to.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “This is a most important assignment,” I corrected him. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The alternative, I too, is still grammatically correct, but unless you’re addressing the Supreme Court or the Philological Society, you can drop the formality. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Mr. Pittman were habitues of all the correct soirees and benefits and staples of all the right gossip columns. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, yes, Monsieur, you are perfectly correct. I meant did you know the name of the man?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z All the while I thought about how in Ramona Quimby, Age 8, Beezus told Ramona that she could remember the correct way to spell principal by remembering that the school principal was her “pal.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z You’ve never seen a fighter survive until now, he corrected himself. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Whatever happens now, 8,000 people will have received two correct predictions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “So there shouldn’t be any paperwork, correct? No possible way for this latest travesty to end up in the press.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “But when the genetic manipulations began to take effect, the alterations had disastrous consequences. As it turns out, the attempt had resulted not in corrected genes, but in damaged ones,” David says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z He always corrects me when I call her by her name. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Etienne helped Hugo navigate the card catalog so he could find the book he needed and then brought him to the correct shelf. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z His decision to be fair was not in keeping with the “correct” Southern attitude. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your son and heir," the green dude corrected. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When I gave my explanation sometimes he would say, “Quite right,” and other times he would correct me with lengthy explanations of syntax. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It’s actually a jackal head,” I corrected him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I knew Sunny meant to say my aunt, but it wasn't no point in correcting him. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Nhamo didn’t know the meaning behind this strange saying, but Grandmother said it was the correct way to enter a muvuki s yard. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z If Sandy was correct, she had played right into the man's hands—Sam Westing's hands. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z This produced the correct values for the exact sizes of the candidate inorganic ions, but nothing that could help push the problem over the top. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z If you want to be absolutely correct, use literally to mean “to the letter” or “word for word.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were for many years a neighbor of the Heine family in Center Valley? Is that correct, sir?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Sometimes the simulator said my numbers were correct, and we reached the Agena. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are the author of this book, Nameless Saints, correct?” he says in a gravelly voice, gesturing to the book in his hand. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z As she grew up, a sound English education corrected in a great measure her French defects; and when she left school, I found in her a pleasing and obliging companion: docile, good-tempered, and well-principled. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The correct thing, of course, would be to open the gravehouse and throw it inside, but Nhamo didn’t want to touch the door. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Air and Space Museum,” Luke corrected irritably. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Overinvestment is not necessarily a bad thing—provided that it is eventually corrected. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z The thought of Sister Redempta and anybody going frog hunting was a hoot, but I knew she was just correcting my grammar. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z For all its audacity, Lawrence’s conjecture about the potential to create new radioisotopes was correct. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z You could easily memorize a short pattern of correct answers, and it would be a lot faster to erase and change that pattern than to go through each student’s answer sheet individually. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Not only for a specific purpose,” corrected Stimson, “but a unique purpose.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “He tells me your mother taught you. But your mother was a commoner, a peasant, correct?” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z I get balanced on the correct part of my feet, and Max makes me practice dodging his blows. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Tell me, Stevens, aren't you struck by even the remote possibility that I am correct? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Isn't fair, and you’re correct. There was no fairness involved with this decision, only a petty sort of revenge. Even so, there will be no such displays in my school.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He smiled, and so did she, for she then felt more certain than ever that she had chosen the correct brother for a partner in escape. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Charlie doesn’t like girls,” I tried, only hearing myself after I said it, and then correcting. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z While I didn’t fault anyone for the confusion, as someone who had failed to qualify, it was a painful reminder every time I had to correct someone to say, “Sorry, I’m not an Olympian.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z All throughout the years that he lived in Budapest, Bobby studied Russian almost every day, and he used Olga to correct his grammar and pronunciation. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Using a piano/keyboard, pitch pipe, or some other melodic instrument, find the correct starting pitch for the range of students in your class. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z If what I heard was correct, she would be teaching us chemistry next year. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z But there is even more to this story, since Galileo had received a letter from a former pupil, Benedetto Castelli, pointing out that if the Copernican model were correct Venus must show phases! The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Young man, would I be correct in assuming your, well, your interest in this business, this dreadful business, is personal?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z Her strokes are broad and gentle, the colors muted; Lelia says anatomically correct pictures give the kids nightmares. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I wish I could talk to Amma right now and tell her she was correct—that he did always love us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Though Maurice told me he was now quite convinced she was correct, I remained skeptical, for her evidence was still out of the reach of Francis and me. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Everything is ready for the lighting, correct?” he asks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He had paid twenty dollars for the hit and Sweet Jimmy’s stuff was correct but now he was freaking because of the guy watching him. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z They clean up the kitchen together, then sit on the sofa and watch television while she corrects her students’ quizzes and exercises. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It might sound like a warning, like the way George might correct her for gossiping, but the way it comes from Emmett means tell me more. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Write the clef sign at the beginning of the staff, and then write the correct note names below each note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z More commonly, though, doctors correct for their uncertainty by erring heavily on the side of caution. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He grinned in double delight at his own correct guess and at Min’s skill. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z And when Chrysaor said the crew wasn’t afraid of anything, one of the dolphins had nervously corrected him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Auntie had always been careful that Rocky didn’t call Tayo “brother,” and when other people mistakenly called them brothers, she was quick to correct the error. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z When she played a selection from Bach, I’d point to the correct composer, then once again touch the color blue on my board. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Even communication was entirely physical in the class, as their mute instructor would correct their positions as if they were action figures. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “It’s Beans,” I corrected him, but he just ignored me. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is that I have found my mistakes. corrected my misjudgments.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I open my mouth to correct him, but then I realize that he, more than anybody, does know how I feel. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Depending on your interests, you may also want to spend time creating pleasing chord progressions by choosing chords from the correct key that will complement a melody that you know. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “You mean just as good,” corrected the Humbug. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s not socially or morally correct to call it such. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z By comparison, another of the shows tested by Sesame Street at the very same time recorded 90 percent plus correct answers on the postshow quiz. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The time to correct that potentially disastrous mistake is now. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Part of her was itching to run to the nursery, meet the children, and begin instructing them immediately in Latin verbs and the correct use of globes. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “They say you never existed,” Chronicler corrected gently. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z At first, she admired how Gallup was able to spot her errors and correct her work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Teacher’s English skills were better than Headmaster’s, but Neel noticed he didn’t correct the mangled phrase either. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Your dictionary can tell you how a word is pronounced, and very often there are more correct ways than one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, none of the new people at the church knew her and at some point the man corrected his error, but that, Ma said, was not the point. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Pointing to the correct key, the Señora said, “Play, leetle girl, before the birdie makes us loco.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z For now, I shall confine myself to correcting a few of the more glaring inaccuracies in recent press reports. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The consequences for our understanding of later American prehistory remain the same, whichever interpretation proves correct. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Ever correct, Pylos called her princess now, as her lord father was a king. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “You know how you cross out the incorrect letter and write the correct one above it? Have those corrected letters ever spelled out words?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Even though I thought what I was doing was morally right, I was still uncertain as to whether it was the correct course. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “More than a quarter of a million, correct?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps he already knew more than his talk had indicated—often if a scientist is not absolutely sure he is correct, he is hesitant to speak in public. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z "Six," the mother corrects him, nodding towards the bundle in her arms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She found the correct street but suddenly could not remember which was Rasheed’s house. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z With the perspective frame, he feels confident making a drawing with a firm hand, the outlines and proportions being correct. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z For a long time when Marly was little, she had corrected Mother every time any one of the words was the least bit different, so now Mother always said it exactly right. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “In fact, you were carrying a costume brought from home, as I recall. Is this correct?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Other hand,” the .357 magnum snarled, jabbing again, and this time Bud raised the correct hand. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am told that is correct,” said Mr. Lemoncello, touching his ear. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Not those letters,” Corporal Whitcomb corrected, plainly enjoying the chaplain’s chagrin. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You understand you have the right to consult with her, correct?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z If you used a word even barely wrong he would be there to catch it, correct you, and then explain to you why you had made the mistake, even though you probably weren’t listening. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “Where we are headed, there will be no buyers and sellers at all,” my father corrected. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Impressive aim. The knife is one of a pair, correct? See this pattern painted on the bottom of the blade? It cuts off abruptly.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Figure 5.27: Take care to use the correct third and seventh — dominant, major, or minor — with extended chords. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z If the general picture of an expanding universe and a Big Bang is correct, we must then confront still more difficult questions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wish that would happen with me and Lavender,” said Ron gloomily, watching Hermione silently tapping each of his misspelled words with the end of her wand, so that they corrected themselves on the page. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Even though I’m almost in love with Sam Washburn, I can’t resist feeling proud when a Dominican corrects an American’s English. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Though Sophie knew the correct National Socialist answer to every question, she soon found herself unwilling to give her teachers the answers they wanted but she felt were wrong. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Because the wind had erased the tracks of the climbers who’d gone down before me, I had difficulty determining the correct route. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Looking at the volcano-shaped creature, he knew what some of his friends had been trying to tell him was correct. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been correct when she stated that something was wrong. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “A twenty,” Harry corrected him in an undertone, uncomfortably aware of Mr. Roberts trying to catch every word. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I corrected when I saw his face fall. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She delivered the finished assignment to him just as she completed her work for Dorothy Vaughan, double-checking all numbers, confident that they were correct. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Neither of us correct his take on our relationship. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z True, we had yet to deal with the irregular sequence of the bases that faced the outside—but this difficulty might vanish in the wash when the correct internal arrangement was located. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “That is correct, pixie. I am the color blue. You may enter.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z But I never really got the hang of it, and Mom’s friends kept correcting me, so after a while I kind of gave up. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z We decided to risk getting our passes stamped and the correct travel documents once we were in Johannesburg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A lone seagull was gliding along the river’s edge, flipping a wing to correct itself as it went. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The conversation rained in softly and comfortably and told the two stowaways that they had the correct age group. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z But lenses were used to correct imperfect vision, not to see things which could not be seen by someone with good eyesight. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “But your parents do not seem very fond of you, am I correct?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Afterward, two people came up to congratulate me and ask why I had a Northern accent and used such correct English. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I wondered if the fact that he was not drinking helped to set him off from his guests, for it seemed to me that he grew more correct as the fraternal hilarity increased. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “You are correct, young miss,” Captain Campbell said to me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z In Eratosthenes’ time, globes were constructed portraying the Earth as viewed from space; they were essentially correct in the well-explored Mediterranean but became more and more inaccurate the farther they strayed from home. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, I don’t bother to correct him at all. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When the answer was revealed, “double vision” was correct. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It was a mistake she was going to correct. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Rufus points out a girl with a suitcase who he thinks is running away, but I correct him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I was in a hurry . . .” the sheriff mumbled, sitting down beside Nick in order to correct the goof. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A correct understanding of who the Japanese people really are, and how they diverged from the closely related Korean people, will be essential to finding that common ground. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z I stand by her big desk, watching her pencil dip down, correcting my mistakes. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z Rather than pursuing any single “correct” explanation of some phenomenon, Epicurus advised simultaneous acceptance of any number of explanations, as long as they were all consistent with observation. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Margot, the Annex’s Dutch teacher, has been correcting these letters for him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “You have a psychologist, correct? Have you called your psychologist?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t belong in this century. Nico only brought me back so I could correct my mistakes, maybe get into Elysium.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z However, it turned out in the end that he was basically correct, though in a manner he had certainly not expected. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint: the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Your friend was correct in thinking that the map and the chart listed all of our safe houses,” she says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The a-helix, even if correct, had not provided any biological insights; he seemed bored speaking about it. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z If you don’t trust me, just turn the sentences around in your mind and you’ll end up with the correct verbs: Of the authors who say it best, he is one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the most sensible explanation, and didn’t the most sensible explanation tend to be correct? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Dorothy’s hunch that those who knew how to program the devices wouldn’t want for work was a correct one. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Nailer resented the idea, even though he didn’t want to ever try to jump a train again and knew that the huge creature was correct. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I was half-turned in anticipation; I had to hurriedly correct and dash across the narrow drive, back to the sidewalk. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I think you’re supposed to say ‘Crackers Barrel’ if you want to be grammatically correct. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Also correct is that I head to college in one more year. You know the tortoise and the hare? I’m the tortoise, and the racetracks my bank account. I’ve been saving for years.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Each of these conclusions is entirely correct, but we had to wait nearly two thousand years for their rediscovery. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I reached for my school laptop, opened it, and typed out the corrected code. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To substitute their may be politically correct, but for now it’s grammatically impaired, especially in writing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was during this time that Doc made an observation which may have been true, but since there was one factor missing in his reasoning it is not known whether he was correct. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your only granddaughter,” I correct, earning me an extra cheek pinch. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “I thought it best,” corrected Luna, and what seemed like a thousand hands caressed her cheeks and the top of her head and her shoulders. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The announcer soon corrected himself, but it hardly dimmed the celebration in Torrance. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z I know about ovipositors, for laying eggs, on leaves, on caterpillars, on the surface of the water; they’re right out on the page, clearly labeled, on the diagrams of insects my father corrects at home. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I got the feeling the smile wasn’t only because I had corrected his grammar. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Anyhow, you were correct about one thing; it did change me. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z If you can substitute everybody, then the single word everyone is correct; if not, use two words, every one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Unfortunately, however, these two theories are known to be inconsistent with each other—they cannot both be correct. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Winston Churchill did not, as legend has it, reply to an editor who had corrected his prose with “This is pedantry up with which I will not put.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They look exactly the same, just as a particular correct answer on a true-false test looks the same whether the test taker is a straight-A student or someone who’s guessing at every question. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Huge boulders lent an air of solidity to the place, but the rolling rubble underfoot corrected the misimpression. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z They consulted dictionaries to look up correct information about word meanings and grammatical constructions. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “You are a specialist in hematology employed by the Anacortes General Hospital— is that correct? Do I have that right?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Of course the Internet can’t tell me if these results are correct, can’t tell me if I’m a perfectly average teenage girl of perfectly average health. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She could come home with stories of what had happened that day and not have a chorus of three naysayers to correct her. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The idea of spreading mercy, indiscriminately, or, to be more correct, spreading it on someone I really didn’t care about, enraptured me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But I’m not going to be the one who corrects him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z When I’m done, Captain Keelson sighs and goes, “He’s correct, you know, Amos. There’s very little we can do. It’s an awkward situation. Big Skiff and Jack Croft have a history. Best not to meddle.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Then he stopped scribbling, looked up and gave the correct answer. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then write the correct letter name above each note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z “That is correct. But please allow me to explain—” “That you want us to call him Nikhil.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But I saw, too, that Barack’s own forecast had been correct as well. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It’s not for me,” I said, as if correcting him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Since there was no point in correcting him about Katherine’s relationship to her, she simply asked, “Where?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And when any child came in to buy chips, candy, or soda, Speed made them calculate how much change she owed them— they got a free Hershey’s kiss for each correct answer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Then, as she rose swiftly, “Just one little minute—these particulars, your maiden name, age and so on, they are correct?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z I made sure the records were alphabetized in their correct bins, and I decorated the white plastic separators between bands. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The only way out was to “correct” his equations of general relativity to stave off the impending destruction. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z He left early in the morning for school and came home with papers to correct. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z "Doctor Deere," Mrs. Wexler corrected her, puzzled by the dressmaker's presence. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z They held me down while they argued about the correct dosage, because he hadn’t made clear whether or not he actually wanted them to kill me with the stuff. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Then he looked at me, and said, correcting himself,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t care about being correct or about the Yangtse River or about me and how I felt. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When I finally spat out that last number—the correct number!—I smiled so big. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z So I pushed Mr. Doubt aside and said, “His name is Scrappy, and he’s getting corrected.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Instead of getting random answers correct, her students would show real improvement on the easier types of questions they had previously missed, an indication of actual learning. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z If history had unfolded differently, today’s correct forms could have been incorrect, and vice versa. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z When we get up the stairs and into the correct office, we have to wait. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “You are correct, except for your tongue it doesn’t suit you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After a moment, Kvothe took the pen and completed the list himself, asking the dumbfounded Chronicler to correct him if he made a mistake. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Finally she said, “I am sorry to hear about your companions. And you are correct. My invitation to your king was not a coincidence. But the answer to your question is somewhat...involved.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Vic’s memory of her is absolutely correct—she sees him so precisely, so wonderfully, so offhandedly. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z In the infrared part of the spectrum, it might even be correct to consider Jupiter a star. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z To use up some time, I put down the white piece and began rewriting each number on the board in its correct color. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “He drowned in the river, and he was eighteen, Colonel,” Hobie corrected. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z They indicated that he should sit on the ground, as was correct for a mere boy. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I just entered the edge of it, if my latitude and longitude calculations are correct. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, in 1973, David Robinson at Kings College, London, used Carter’s and my results to show that the conjecture had been correct: such a black hole had indeed to be the Kerr solution. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he played the part of an agent or manager, correcting my technique or suggesting songs for my repertoire, even advising me about my health. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The space for father’s name, of course, was left blank, but the clerk had assured her that they’d be able to find the correct document even without it, that the certificates were public record. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Effie Trinket makes it sound like Haymitch just has somewhat rough manners that could be corrected with a few tips from her. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She showed me the taxi receipt, and I assured her that this was indeed the correct price. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z "Beth, you shouldn't make up stories," Sansa corrected the younger girl, gently stroking her hair to take the harshness out of her words. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The problem with the block is that there is no way to correct mistakes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z In fact, that is more likely to be grammatically correct than which. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And if anyone quarreled or complained, he would simply tighten his lips and arrange his shoulders in the correct command posture. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fan,” he corrected, feeling like his entire face was about to burst into flames. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z If its orbit wasn’t corrected, it was going to crash to Earth. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “A few extremely valuable, rare kids,” he corrected. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “No idea,” said Harry, which was not entirely true, though he had no proof yet that his hunch was correct. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z It took months for authorities to apprehend Blackie, and, as Hoover noted, “a number of officers had to take their lives in their hands to correct this mistake.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And the wife of the eldest son was correct and haughty and bowed only the least that could be considered proper for her position. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z He began to suspect that his friends might indeed be correct in believing that Holmes and Julia were engaged in an illicit affair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Booth’s judgment of Mudd's character had been correct: He had not betrayed them. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she had to backtrack to correct a mistake, throwing out hours or days of work. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In a purely practical sense it would probably be correct to say that it all began when Sophie Mol came to Ayemenem. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Toxic shock,” Farmer said, correcting the house staff’s diagnosis, and quickly adjusted the man’s medication. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I thus judged it best simply to smile and say: 'Of course, you're quite correct.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “At any rate, when you’re someone’s guest, you don’t correct her no matter how wrong she may be.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I agree to reproduce at least twice to give my corrected genes the best possible chance of survival. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z One week later she got a corrected version back from Joseph Kelly, the head of public relations at Hopkins. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The very correct young salesclerk was taking his time, and the manager had already been by once to hurry him along. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why? Because it’s politically correct to point at guns and say this is a terrible thing.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The German man's small, correct handwriting mentioned unmentionable things—bed conversations were recreated on the thin blue sheets of aerogramme letters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Which of the three theories is correct for Japan? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He dictates to them in Irish and makes me correct what they’ve written. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z His wife—his ex-wife...no, he corrected himself, his late wife...sat on the bed and stared at him, unblinking. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Ah yes, so it is. I don’t know, these little bits of paper . “You foreign?” said Mr. Roberts as Mr: Weasley returned with the correct notes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Ammu had corrected the spelling mistakes, and below the essay had written: If I am Talking to somebody you may interrupt me only if it is very urgent. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z While he tapped, Ron continued to try to hit on the correct password, muttering strings of random words under his breath. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Because of the lack of a bra,” I correct her. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The correct means to overcome a kelpie is to get a bridle over its head with a Placement Charm, which renders it docile and unthreatening. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But most congressmen felt that the time had come to correct an injustice. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Knew better,” corrects Jacqui, and I hit her hard enough to generate a warning glare, which I return with equal ferocity. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Then they went on to another tractate, fought over another passage, and this time Reb Saunders agreed, his face glowing, that his son was correct. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “One with a violin and the other a viola, am I correct? Crossing all those busy streets. That is a long walk for ten-year-old boys.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The result: the astrologers picked the correct personality profile for the clients about one out of three times, or no better than chance. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She also hated the way her mother constantly corrected her both at home and at school. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing, sir,” I reflexively corrected myself, even without knowing who made the order. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “You two are the Legendary Alston Boys of Logan County, correct?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “You’d be correct. You scored a four out of one hundred. And that’s probably due to a few good guesses, am I right?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z The confident presentation of an idea in classic style should not be confused with an arrogant insistence that it is correct. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I also had to perform all the actions that Broderick’s character performed in the film, in the correct way and at the correct moment. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z There were the vast repositories where the corrected documents were stored, and the hidden furnaces where the original copies were destroyed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The classics were the books supposedly written by Confucius and the ancients, about the correct way to live. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She was pretty too, if my recollections of her face and person are correct. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was not until the time of Louis Pasteur, two centuries later, that Huygens’ speculation was proved correct. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me make sure I have the correct information,” I said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then he reread the narrative of what I’d done, turning to me every few sentences to ask “Is that correct?” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z As far as we know, no one had actually tried to measure the parallax of a comet before 1471; it had simply been assumed that the Aristotelian theory was obviously correct. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There's no time to judge if a move is the correct one. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “The correct answer, Maria,” said Mrs. Rappaport, trying not to smile too, “is that light waves travel faster than sound waves.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I had not long been a reader of the “Liberator,” before I got a pretty correct idea of the principles, measures and spirit of the anti-slavery reform. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z “You were involved in a similar altercation on the night of January eighteenth, correct?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Well, it's not really a mask,'' the young woman seated on her left corrected herself, and took another bite of the crisp salad. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Something tells her Sonia will be happy with this boy—quickly she corrects herself—this young man. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Then write the correct letter name above each note. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z After being corrected and printed, the one thousand five hundred pages reduced themselves to six hundred, yielding a voluminous treatise on the ninety- nine names of God and formulas for attaining nirvana through respiratory exercise. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She watched the cheating husbands and scheming wives as faithfully as ever, but she didn’t reprimand them anymore, as if she’d given up correcting the errors of the world. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Indeed, the Latin translation by Bernegger soon corrected this ‘error’, providing a more accurate representation of Copernicus. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Harold Morowitz has calculated what it would cost to put together the correct molecular constituents that make up a human being by buying the molecules from chemical supply houses. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now and then he drew back, examined his own efforts, and then leaned forward to correct the shape, to trim the curves. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Salvador had been correct in thinking that getting into the United States to work would be difficult. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z If this theory is correct, and we have discovered no reason so far to doubt it, then visiting other planets with intelligent life won’t be an easy thing to do. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Tonight was the vote on Amendment S in Ravenskill, and if Seven’s theory was correct, there would be another string of cuco attacks—making this the perfect time for the Witchlings to strike. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Number of times I had to correct her: Something over sixty thousand. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z If they could learn to speak correct English and dress in proper clothes, if they could Anglicize and civilize themselves, one day they might be welcome in society. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “The Honorable Elijah Muhammad,” one of them is always correcting the others. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Who is now brave enough to correct these errors? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Dandy, too, was an influence, meticulously correcting our grammar or admonishing us to enunciate our words when we went over for dinner. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Ifemelu did not quite grasp what it all meant, but it sounded correct because it came from him, the America expert, who so easily said "graduate school" instead of “postgraduate school.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z For months no one could mention the daughter's name in his presence, though he kept calling them all "Sofía" and quickly correcting himself. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z No, they are just frozen historical accidents: the “correct” forms are those that happened to be used in the dialect spoken in the region around London when written English first became standardized several centuries ago. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I think—as I thought in 1967—that the black civil rights leaders were correct: Higher education was not, nor is it yet, accessible to many black Americans. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I picked correct change from my open palm instead of my trouser pocket. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Shawn’s undergoing this painful and expensive procedure is the reason my parents would take me to an orthodontist to correct the same defect, which was genetic. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “No,” Otto corrected him, scared to go down this path, but needing to. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Studies have shown that Maclin’s common sense is correct: the overwhelming majority of people who are confronted by police and asked questions respond, and when asked to be searched, they comply. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She tried to correct it with the next few letters, but when she reached the M, the name was tilting the opposite direction. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z After he corrected the exam, I removed another booklet from the pile and did that one in twelve minutes and 7 seconds. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I am banking on the fact that Roger has a later bedtime than his sisters, and in this I am correct. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z My eyeglasses correct the astigmatism that I got from all the reading in prison. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “On the contrary, that’s very good, Milo,” he corrected himself hastily. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Our attitudes were made, defined, set, or corrected; our ideas were discovered, discarded, enlarged, torn apart, and accepted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Claude could only have been dead for a few months, but he wasn’t going to correct her. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z The correct answer, as we will all find out soon enough, is “totally disagree.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Always take care to make the correct choice, Diana,” her stepmother said over and over again. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z So Tycho worked out a table of corrections for the instrument from which he could read off the correct measurement corresponding to the incorrect reading obtained by the cross-staff for any observation he made. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “How can that be? It’s drooping. You must get plastic surgery and correct it.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, Joaquin still had his, but Maya’s parents had put her through two years of braces in order to correct it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He butchers my last name, but there’s no point correcting him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z "Beth, you shouldn't make up stories," Sansa corrected the younger girl, gently stroking her hair to take the harshness out of her words. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Okay, Anthony Foster”—is this the time to correct them, to finally give my real name?—“you’re next. You're on deck.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As it turned out, the easier choice was the correct choice. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z "We were able to correct the intercept range with Hermes's attitude thrusters. But there's a problem with the intercept velocity." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I will read the questions first, then the choices for the answers. You will write down the correct letter. Does everyone understand?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Many people will of course say that the probability is 80 percent, but the correct answer, given certain reasonable assumptions, is considerably lower. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I stands corrected. I ain’t never had nothing to do with slaving.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Nobody could explain how those infinitesimals disappeared when squared; they just accepted the fact because making them vanish at the right time gave the correct answer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The correct response to this is to be found in one of Aesop’s fables, ‘The Braggart’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Not all of them hate—you’re correct. But on this other matter”—she still spoke in Japanese—“you don’t think they are very much different? In some big way, Hatsue? Different from us?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I debate going back and changing a few answers, but at this school, getting them all correct is probably the average. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘My friend dreamed of a hunter with glowing eyes. If Orion is blind -’ ‘He was blind,’ Hades corrected. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Here you go, Seven Salazar, correct?” the Uncle asked when he reached Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His editorials began to lean away from the “correct” Southern attitude. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Preston was convinced that the best way to correct minor misconduct was a little drudgery, and housework was the pinnacle of drudge. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z His premonition of disaster was correct from the beginning; and like a ranting actress in an indifferent play, I might say that we have paid for freedom. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “The only article that has ever appeared in the newspaper didn’t appear until after you were arrested and charged criminally in 2000, correct?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The thing that bothered me most about my little brother was the way he constantly corrected everyone’s grammar. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “He failed to kill you with my wand,” Dumbledore corrected Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We’ve given up pointing out their errors, since correcting them doesn’t help anyway. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Do you think about your birth mother?” they asked her, and Maya said, “Yes?” because she thought that was the correct answer. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Why not? Someone needs to correct your errors.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Not very well. My father, who taught me, is away, and I don’t get on very fast alone, for I’ve no one to correct my pronunciation.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mathematics is not only about getting the correct answer. It’s about being on the road to the correct answer. Knowing the path can be just as important as knowing the solution.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z She turns to me and says, “Now, Shayla, I want you to apologize to your principal for not bringing this issue to her in the correct way.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Over the following days, however, I came to learn not to be surprised by such remarks from my employer, and would smile in the correct manner whenever I detected the bantering tone in his voice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z They fell in line like prisoners: preachers, politicians, various professionals, proving Clifton correct. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z James Franck had been correct when he wrote after Hiroshima and Nagasaki that scientists could no longer “disclaim direct responsibility for the use to which mankind had put their disinterested discoveries.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Every twelve,” Nico corrected, though he didn’t explain how he knew. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was very neatly written, and except that “friend” was written “freind” and one of the “S’s” was the wrong way round, the spelling was correct all the way through. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z “April Dawn,” April corrected with an offhand sort of smile. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It took two weeks for the corrected story to make the rounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the giant Orion was correct: she’d failed in her duties. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Defeasible knowledge, knowledge that might be corrected in the light of new observations, was merely opinion or probability. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Mrs. Miller was sitting at her desk correcting papers when I knocked on her door. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z At first, Cassiopeia was confused by her reticule and started to gnaw on the leather clasp, but Penelope quickly corrected her and all was well. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Some of it is. Some of that book was wrong. I had to correct it.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Margot sends her Latin lessons to a teacher, who corrects and then returns them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The endlessly repeated claim that Webster’s Third treated ain’t as correct English is a myth.3 It originated in a press release from the publisher’s marketing department which announced “Ain’t gets official recognition at last.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A divergent thinker can come up with many different answers to a question, while a convergent thinker will come up with the one correct answer to a problem. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z This time, she doesn’t correct him on her name. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “But sir,” Jonas suggested, “since you have so much power—” The man corrected him. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “Your brother,” said the Threarah, with the faintest suggestion of “Don’t correct me any more, will you?” in his voice. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “If we’d been here twenty minutes earlier,” said the boy, “your watch would have been correct!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You tried to vote him into exile,” I corrected. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z After today I wouldn’t see Martí run through the door or hear Dad correct people’s pronunciation. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I ask, instead of correcting Locke about my station in life. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “A big one. One that we can’t tell to anyone else. Not Emilika, or any of your friends downstairs. If we did, Max could get hurt. Even more hurt,” I correct. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z "That is correct. She said nothing about you. She did not even tell me that you were coming even though she had several opportunities to do so." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z He still believed his original instinct was correct, that Howard was in Indianapolis or somewhere nearby. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “As a nation, we owe her gratitude for showing that talent and dignity can prevail and wrongs can be corrected.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Is the rule based on some crackpot theory, such as that English should emulate Latin, or that the original meaning of a word is the only correct one? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Do I correct a dude who’s more than ninety years old? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Whites are correct in thinking that black people are natural dancers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Some demanded money even when passengers had the correct documents. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then play what you have written, noticing where you were correct and where you made mistakes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z Or at least it felt, just then, like it was the right thing, the correct thing to have happen, for her to walk into the room. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Perhaps the rumors were correct about her association with the rebels in Eyllwe... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z If from some stock-market adviser you received in the mail for six weeks in a row correct predictions on a certain stock index and were asked to pay for the seventh such prediction, would you? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But later, after my mother lost her faith in God, that leatherette Bible wound up wedged under a too-short table leg, a way for her to correct the imbalances of life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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